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then (hall ycc have more goc away in brans. As for the word Farina in Latinc, /.Meale.it is dctU Q 

 vcd of Far jwhich in old time was the bell and fincft red wheat, as may appcare by the very name 

 that it carieth. Finally, a Modius of meale comming of the French Siligo^ called Blancheen or 

 Ble-blanch, makcth in bread two and twentie pound weight : but of our Italian ^ three or fouic > 

 pound more in bread pan-baked : for what cornefoevd it beCj there muft beeallowancG of two 

 pound vantage over and abovcjfbr pYcn-baked bread. 



^ ofth mcik (tilled Simikgd : efthe white fiower StVigOyOf mother forts dfmAl'e ' ' 

 J, andoftkemiipptr of bakings 



i-^l-^Hebcft meale of that kindj which they call in Latine Simfiago, is toade of the common ^ 

 wheat.lf the corne comioutof Affrickejityceldcth ordinarily tor every M^diiis^ halfe fo> 

 much in ordinarie meale^and five fextares befidcs of flower called Pollen. [For that is the 

 Latine tearmc which they ufeinthe fineft of the common wheat Triticum, proportionable to 

 that which in the other winter wheatjSiligo they call Flos. And great ufe hereof' there is in cop- 

 pcrfmiths forges^and in worke-houfes where paper is made.] G ver and befides^of courfer grod^ 

 gcons for browne bread foure lextars^and as much of brans.Moreover/hc Ofdinarieproportion 

 gocththuSjthatofoncModiusof the fine meale Similago, thercfhould bee made i22loves of 

 bread :andthataModiusof thcpurc flower of Siligo^fljouldyeeld 117. Astouching the pncCj 

 thus it goeth commonly in the market one year with another, when corne is at arcafonable and t 

 *i. ijh.6d. indifferent rate: AModiusof downe right meale is worth ^^oAfles-.but if the meale bee fifted 

 and raunged from the grolTc brans untilTit beSimilago, itwiilcoft eight Afles more: and if it 

 be boulted yet finer to ihe nature of the fine flower Siligo , the over-deak in the price will bee 

 double. Another diffin£fionor difference there was knowne of this proportion^when aMo- 

 dius comming ofwheat of SimilagOjWasfecne to anfwcr 17 pound in bread; and as much of 

 wheat flo wer called Pollcn^^o pound and foure ounces -.befides/orfecondhoufhold brcadjtwo 

 pound and a halfc 5 and of the courfcft or browncft^as many, and fixe Sextars over and above 

 ofbranncs. 



But to returne to our winter white wheat called SiligOj it never ripeneih kindly and all togi- 

 ther, as other corne doth : and for that it is fo tender and ticklifii^ as that no corne will lefTc abide 

 delay and tarie on worfe, great heed muft be taken thereof^ for fo Coone as any is ripe, prefentjy 

 thefced fhcddeth and falleth out of the eare. Howbeit, leile daungeris it m>jc6i unto whiles it 

 ftandeth in the field, than orher kinds of wheat^foiitbcareih alwaiesan upright /pike orcare: 

 neither will it hold and retaine that mildew, which blafleth corne fo much, and turncth it into 

 blacke powder. As for that kind of corne which they call Arinca, it makcth the fwectefl bread ; 

 the graine itfelfeis more fiafl and lull than the fine red wheat Far ; it carieth a bigger eare, and is 

 befidcs more ponderous and weightie.Seldome isiifccne, thataModius of this^graine makcth 

 full fixteen pounds. In Greece they have much adoe with it, to threfli it clcanc and falter it from 

 the hulls and eales. For which cauic timer faith ,That they were wont to give it as provender to 

 horfcs, and fuch labouring garrons : and the very fame it is which he calleih Olyra.Howbeii this • 

 corne in iEgypt goeth out eafiiy under the flaile,is better to grind, aqd withall yeeldcth better, 

 and is more fruitfbll. The red wheat called Far^is polled wheat [in ^gypt] and carieth no beard 

 or eales about it.Sois the white winter wheat Sihgo, fave only that which is named Laconica. 

 Tothefcmay be adjoyned other kinds alio, to wit, ^Bromosjthe poll wheat Siligo, (differing 

 BariJ'' or ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ name) and Tragos : ffraungers all, brought from the Levant or Eaft 

 fihci Ocw"' pactSjand relcmbling Rice everj^ one . Typhc likewife is of the fanie kind, whereof in Italy and 

 this part of the world, is made that husksd coBne which goeth among us for Rice, for it turncth 

 into it. Tl le Greekes have a kind of wheat called Zca or Spelt: and it is commonly faidjthat both 

 itandTyphae (confidering that they ufe to degenerate andproove baftard) will turnero their 

 kind againe and become wheat,if they be husked before a manfow them : howbeit this chaunge M 

 will not befeeneprefcntly, nor before the third yccre. As touching our commmon whear_, there 

 is no graine more fruitful! than it : this gift hath Nature endued it withall, becaufe fhee meant 

 thereby to nourilb mankind moff j forone Modiustherof fownejifthefoilebegoodand agree- 

 able thereto (fuch as lyeih about Bizacium, the cbampian countrey of Affricke) wild yceid an 



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